Photos by Robert Massie of the All Good Music Festival, on July 9th-11th, 2004 at Marvin’s Mountaintop, Masontown, West Virginia.
In front of a far from sold out crowd, Chris and NEM had the task of filling the room on their own. With Chris
Rock act PJ Harvey won’t embark on a North American headlining tour until the fall, but the Polly Jean Harvey-led act has confirmed six summer California shows. The run begins Aug. 13 in Solana Beach and wraps Aug. 20 in Santa Cruz. On Aug. 11, the group will perform its North American single, “The Letter,” on NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.”
Among the upcoming dates is an Aug. 15 appearance at the Don’t Knock the Rock Festival at Los Angeles’ Henry Fonda Theatre, on a bill that also features Jon Brion and the Black Heart Procession. Other acts performing during the event, which kicks off Aug. 12, are X’s John Doe, Built To Spill, Dead Moon and Built To Spill’s Doug Martsch and J Mascis performing a live score to surprise film footage.
Harvey and company are touring in support of their latest Island album, “Uh Huh Her,” which debuted in June at No. 29 on The Billboard 200. A new single, “You Come Through,” was released yesterday (July 20) in the U.K., augmented with the B-sides “Angel,” “Stone” and a four-track demo of album cut “Who the F***?”
Prior to the U.S. shows, PJ Harvey will play Saturday (July 24) at the Splendour in the Grass Festival in Byron Bay, Australia, and July 30 at the Fuji Rock Festival in Nigata, Japan. A U.K. tour gets underway Sept. 1 in Dublin.
Here are PJ Harvey’s tour dates:
July 24: Byron Bay, Australia (Splendour in the Grass Festival)
July 25: Byron Bay, Australia (Back Room)
July 30: Nigata, Japan (Fuji Rock Festival)
Aug. 13: Solana Beach, Calif. (Belly Up)
Aug. 15: Los Angeles (Don’t Knock the Rock Festival)
Aug. 16-17: Los Angeles (Knitting Factory)
Aug. 19: San Francisco (Great American Music Hall)
Aug. 20: Santa Cruz, Calif. (Catalyst Club)
Sept. 1: Dublin (Olympia Theatre)
Sept. 2: Belfast (Waterfront Hall)
Sept. 4: Glasgow (Carling Glasgow Academy)
Sept. 5: Manchester, U.K. (Carling Apollo Manchester)
Sept. 7: Leeds, U.K. (Leeds University)
Sept. 8: Nottingham, U.K. (Rock City)
Sept. 9: Cambridge, U.K. (Corn Exchange)
Sept. 11: Birmingham, U.K. (Carling Birmingham Academy)
Sept. 12: Bristol, U.K. (Carling Bristol Academy)
Sept. 14: Brighton, U.K. (the Dome)
Sept. 15: London (Carling Apollo Hammersmith)
Source billboard.com.
After leaving the road in January to rehab a wrist injured in a stage fall, Ryan Adams is prepping for a brief tour to close out the summer. According to Lost Highway Records, his first show will come Sept. 13 in Columbia, Mo.
At deadline just six dates were confirmed for the jaunt, including a Sept. 17 appearance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas.
Last week, Adams and Norah Jones joined Gillian Welch and David Rawlings during a show at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. As proof of his recovery, Adams reportedly played guitar and sang on two songs, including a cover of Neil Young’s “Helpless.”
Here are Adams’ tour dates:
Sept. 13: Columbia, Mo. (Blue Note)
Sept. 14: Memphis (New Daisy Theatre)
Sept. 15: Atlanta (Tabernacle)
Sept. 18: Austin, Texas (Austin City Limits)
Sept. 20: Los Angeles (Wiltern Theatre)
Sept. 22: San Francisco (Warfield)
Source billboard.com.
Two rare Herbie Hancock albums will be released Aug. 17 via Columbia/Legacy. Originally released in 1979, “VSOP Live Under the Sky” has been expanded for its maiden CD issue with 10 previously unreleased tracks taped July 27, 1979, in Tokyo. The Hancock solo studio album “The Piano” was previously available only as a limited release in Japan and is also appearing on CD for the first time.
“Live Under the Sky” finds Hancock backed by Miles Davis Quartet regulars Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, plus trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. The group offers extended versions of original compositions such as “Tear Drops,” “Eye of the Hurricane” and Domo,” plus Williams’ “Pee Wee,” a holdover from the Davis years.
The second disc features different, mostly shorter versions of some of the previous day’s concert selections, plus the standard “Stella by Starlight.” Hancock has also penned new commentary for the liner notes.
“The Piano” was Hancock’s first solo piano release. It includes the Davis-associated tracks “On Green Dolphin Street,” “Someday My Prince Will Come In” and “My Funny Valentine,” plus four originals improvised on the spot: “Harvest Time,” “Sonrisa,” “Manhattan Island” and “Blue Otani.” Four alternate, previously unreleased takes round out the set.
Hancock has four more dates on 2004 touring schedule, beginning tomorrow (July 22) in Zurich. Beginning Feb. 3 in Eugene, Ore., he will hit the road with Directions In Music, featuring saxophonist Michael Brecker, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade.
Source billboard.com.
